Crazy Love Gamble-Style

I know I haven't been blogging much.  I'm having camera issues and life has just been a bit busy.  So here I am, back with a phone photo catch-up...We are currently in Government Camp, on Spring Break.  These pictures start today and go back to the last update... This morning Ava looked outside and saw nothing but snow.  She decided she was going to ski down the driveway.  No one else was interested in going out there, but we were all thrilled to watch her from the warmth of the indoors, through the window.  She got all geared up, all on her own, grabbed her skis and started the hike up the long driveway.  When she had made it about three quarters of the way up she jumped off the road into someone's driveway, we all tried to see why she had done that, wondering if there was a car coming or something, as there is rarely traffic on this road.  Sure enough, the very worst kind of car was coming, the snow plow!!  He breezed down and shov...

Auntie Jessica was supposed to take Ava to see Cinderella, the ballet on Sunday, however she got stuck in Miami when her flight was cancelled, so I got to take her instead!  What a treat! Ava was initially pretty bummed that Auntie wasn't her date, but I talked up how special it was that we got to go together and she came around pretty quickly to a new level of excitement.   We really don't get to do special things like this together much, so we were both pretty thrilled. The ballet was awesome! So well done!  We both really enjoyed it. I even bought her a special crown to remember the whole thing by, you know Auntie would of done it too!  : ) And the girl was meant to wear a crown I tell you! Afterward, to make the day even more special, I decided to take Ava up to The Portland City Grill, a restaurant situated 30 floors up, overlooking downtown Portland (Formerly Atwaters back in the day) She had never been there so of course I...

 We had such a great weekend!  Friday night we took the girls to a costume ball at Ava's school.  They loved it and we felt like such good parents for enduring it, so painful.   On Saturday we went to Punch Bowl Social for Bayli's 18th birthday party!! I still can't believe she is 18!  Love that girl so very much.  I really don't know how I didn't end up with a picture of her!?  So weird.   My mom took us all bowling, the perfect family fun!  Even though Norah's ball kept rolling back, she still won.  Clearly we are all excellent bowlers. (or not a golfer...please tell me you get that reference)  We sent the girls home with grandma and hit the town for a great dinner at Tangier which serves a mix of Moroccan & Mediterranean food.  It was delicious!  We headed home early to watch a movie since we are old.  No, really, the real reason is that I was given a free race entry to an ev...